New documentary by Charlotte Ginsborg explores the soul of a changing street
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Opposites attract in Butterfly Fish
Split between contemporary London and 19th-century West Africa, Butterfly Fish is a debut novel with an epic scope
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The real mothers of invention
A Hackney historian challenges conventional thinking about the ‘eureka’ moment
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The Misfit Analysis: a play to ‘push autism out of the ghetto’
Cian Binchy questions disability’s place in society through the exploration of an autistic mind
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Beside the Leaside
Passionate canal lover Sam Napper captures life on the Lee Navigation in a series of dream-like photographs
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Asif Kapadia – ‘Something happened with Amy’
Camden, not Hackney, is the place with which the singer Amy Winehouse, who died in 2011 of alcohol poisoning, will always be associated. But for Hackney-born director Asif Kapadia, whose acclaimed documentary Amy tells the story of the singer’s precarious life and untimely death, Winehouse could have been “a girl from down the road”. Unlike […]
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Play exploring radicalisation of young Muslims axed two weeks before opening
Confusion as National Youth Theatre play Homegrown which focuses on lure of Islamic State pulled at the last minute
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Homegrown – young, gifted and radicalised
Homegrown is a site-specific play looking at community responses to extremism, with a focus on the three teenagers from Bethnal Green who left their homes to join Isis this year
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Opening of ‘misleading’ Jack the Ripper museum sparks outrage
Tourist attraction ‘misled’ council in applying on premise of celebrating of historical women, says Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs
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Going large on macro management
Food can be used to cure all kinds of emotional and physical problems, says Hackney-based macrobiotic chef